Lemos vs Ruiz

Who won Lemos vs Ruiz?

Amanda Lemos beat Montserrat Ruiz by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 31, on Saturday 17th July 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Lemos vs Ruiz stats

Amanda Lemos stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Montserrat Ruiz made her way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Amanda Lemos' 13th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2017.

Amanda Lemos' UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Montserrat Ruiz's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Lemos had a massive power advantage over Ruiz, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Ruiz's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lemos had a slight advantage over Ruiz, with a 22% submission rate over Ruiz's 20%.

Amanda Lemos was the older woman by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Lemos had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ruiz. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Lemos was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made her debut in 2014, 3 months later than Ruiz, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 6 more professional rounds, 41 to Ruiz's 35.

Lemos vs Ruiz form

Lemos had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Mackenzie Dern at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, she had lost to Weili Zhang at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Marina Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York.

She had been beaten by Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Lemos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 6 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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